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COVID-19 & Zurich Life Protection Policies

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, understandably we have received an increased number of calls and queries with regard to coverage under the Zurich range of Protection products. So to help reassure clients, we have put together this note with regard to our policies.

The Bull Market ends as the Coronavirus spreads

Stocks entered a Bear Market on Thursday, as the two negative shocks of a collapse in oil prices and the COVID-19 outbreak hit equities worldwide. Ian Slattery reports.

COVID-19: Zurich Continuity of Business

While the last week has been challenging and the uncertainty brought on by the advancement of COVID-19 is concerning to all, Zurich’s Business Resilience Team has been meeting daily to ensure we have contingency plans in place to deal with this outbreak.

Five reasons to invest with Zurich

Over the last number of years, strong, positive investment market returns, coupled with record low interest rates for money held on deposit, has seen many people taking a little more risk in order to increase their chance of making a better return on their money.

Zurich’s new Protection Report makes life easier

Based on market demand, Zurich have now added Protection products to their popular ‘Pre-sales Report’. The Pre-sales Report, which can only be accessed through the secure Broker Dashboard on ZurichBroker.ie, allows you to create bespoke, tailored, branded reports for prospective customers in a matter of minutes.

Markets decline due to virus concerns

The Federal Reserve’s ‘out of meeting’ announcement on Tuesday of an emergency 0.5% rate cut did little to lift the market, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continued to climb, writes Ian Slattery.

Episode 36: Risk assets fall on virus concerns

In this latest podcast recorded on Monday, March 9th, Richard Temperley looks at the recent performance of investment markets and discusses Zurich's fund positioning in February 2020.

Risk assets fall on virus concerns

The S&P 500 recorded its fastest correction in history, according to Deutsche Bank Global Research. All sectors within the S&P 500 suffered a correction, with energy stocks faring the worst due to falling oil prices. Ian Slattery reports.

Email notifications and documentation preferences

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Global equities edge lower

Influential US stocks ended lower for the holiday-shortened week on the back of renewed fears of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the global economy. Ian Slattery reports.

Prisma 6 is now Prisma Max

We have changed the name of the Prisma 6 Fund to the Prisma Max Fund.

Policy issue and service notifications

Over the next few weeks we're asking you to provide us with the email address(es) so that you can receive these notifications – for more information, see below.

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